Earth File #537 // SOURCED record

Vouille 1979 reported luminous-disk observation

The GEIPAN source reports that several people observed a red luminous phenomenon moving rapidly west to east around 11 p.m. on 20 September 1979. The reported object was a luminous disk or circle approximately 4 meters in diameter, crossed by two red diagonals; it blinked, made considerable noise, turned white, and disappeared behind hills. No other testimony was collected. The case was classified C because of insufficient information.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0537 // CH 12
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
BD54-44C9-1826
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported rapid motionDISK
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
DISK
Vouille, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes // Sep 20, 1979 23:00. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureSeveral people 3 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported rapid motionMoved rapidly from west to east, Blinked, Made considerable noise
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedWitness reports
Fred's paperwork completeness8/9 fields // 89%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)11 structured claim(s) location precision: locality Moved rapidly from west to eastBlinkedMade considerable noise
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDMultiple witnesses are useful context. They still do not combine into a photograph when stacked carefully.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
On 20 September 1979, we were present at Vouille as observers only. The GEIPAN/CNES record reports that several people saw a red luminous phenomenon moving rapidly west to east around 11 p.m.; the report describes a roughly four-metre circle with two red diagonals, blinking, making considerable noise, turning white, and disappearing behind hills. It was not our operation. GEIPAN classified the case C for insufficient information. We cannot improve the paperwork retroactively.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A SOURCED GEIPAN record, classified C, gives us a vivid description and very little else: a rapidly moving luminous disk, reported by several people, with no additional testimony collected. The sensible label here is not “extraterrestrial,” but “insufficient information”—a label that has survived more filing cabinets than most theories. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors were observers rather than the cause. That is an AlienBox distinction, not an identification of the phenomenon. We watched the report pass through the system and declined to claim responsibility, which is unusual enough to note. The box remains open; the contents remain unidentified. Fred would prefer it otherwise, but preference is not evidence.
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When
1979-09-20 23:00:00
Where
Vouille, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes
Morphology
DISK
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA

Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typesSeveral people
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesWitness reports
The case is titled VOUILLE (86) 1979.
Claim #6136 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“VOUILLE (86) 1979”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The observation date was 20 September 1979.
Claim #6137 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“20/09/1979”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case region was Poitou-Charentes and the department was Vienne.
Claim #6138 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Poitou-Charentes Department Vienne”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case was classified C.
Claim #6139 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification C”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The listed type of phenomenon was lack of reliable information.
Claim #6140 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Lack of reliable information”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The source summarizes the observation as a luminous disk approximately 4 meters in diameter.
Claim #6141 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a luminous disk 4 meters in diameter.”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Summary
On September 20, 1979, at around 11 p.m., several people observed a red luminous phenomenon moving rapidly across the sky from west to east.
Claim #6142 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On September 20, 1979, at around 11 p.m., several people observed a red luminous phenomenon moving rapidly across the sky from west to east.”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
The observed circle was approximately 4 meters in diameter and was crossed by two red diagonals.
Claim #6143 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“A circle approximately 4 meters in diameter was also crossed by two red diagonals.”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
The phenomenon blinked and made a great deal of noise.
Claim #6144 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“It blinked and made a great deal of noise.”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
The object turned white and disappeared behind the hills.
Claim #6145 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The object turned white and disappeared behind the hills.”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
No other testimony was collected concerning the phenomenon, and the source states that information is lacking.
Claim #6146 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No other testimony was collected concerning this phenomenon, for which we lack information.”
Source: VOUILLE (86) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
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